Improvement in propelling-apparatus



,gieten LORING MOODY, OF MALD'EN, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 91,760, dated-June 22, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN PROPLLING-APPARATUS- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making paxt of the same Beit known that I, LoRrNG MOODY, of Malden, in the county of' Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new, useful, and improved Method of Constructing and Operating Iadclles for Vessels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a'perspective view, and

Figure 2, a side elevation.

In the drawings- A denotes a side-sectionv of a vessel, of any size, from a childs toy to an ocean steamer.

B, the paddle-deck, projecting over the side.

C G, the supports of the crank-shaft.

D, the crank-shaft, with the cranks of. which are connected the paddle-shafts, or levers a a a, by means of the sockets b b b, and the coupling-pins c c c, or their equivalents, which shafts or levers pass down through openings inthe deck, and to the lower ends of which the paddles e e e are securely fastened.`

On the inner end of the shaftV D is fastened the crank E, for the purpose of connecting the shaft with the piston-rod of thc engine, or other power.

By means of this arrangement, the paddles are made to dip into the water, move backward, then upward and'forward, with each revolution ofA the crank, and so on.

The paddle-shafts, cranks, and paddles are so pro-v portioned that the paddles maybe set much less than their width apart, and yet work clear of' each other, the one passingalternately over the other.

By connecting the paddle-shafts with the crank, by means of the sockets and pins, the dip of the paddles in the watermay be increased or lessened at pleasure.

The openings in the paddle-deck, through which the paddleshafts work, should be supplied with friction rollers in large vessels.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The described arrangement of paddles, and their levers or shanks,'witn cranks operating downward through openings in the deck, which serve as fulcra,

in the manner set forth.

LORING MOODY.

Witnesses:

HENRY S. FRENCH, FRANK G. PARKER. 

